Episode 3 – Superman: The Movie

Welcome back to the show! We slingshot even further back in time by spinning the planet around on its axis, which leaves Alia dizzy and wondering: what’s Kryptonite? Isn’t Lex Luthor supposed to be bald? What’s the deal with Superman’s clothes, anyway?

Matt has answers which may or may not include Krypton as a climate-change denial parable, the removal of “America” from “Justice League Of,” and the enigma of Superman’s supercircumcision. It’s Richard Donner’s 1978 origin story for the superhero movie itself: SUPERMAN!